Soon After Midnight

Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Tempest" (2012)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
C#m/A    x-0-6-6-5-4
Bm/A     x-0-4-4-3-2

Intro

| A    A6 A | E    E6 E |
| A    A6 A | E    E6 E |

Verse

A                [ A6  A ]
 I’m searching for phrases
D           [ D6  D ]
 To sing your praises
A                 | D    D6 D |
 I need to tell someone
A                F#m7
 It’s soon after midnight
D       E             | A    A6 A | E    E6 E |
 And my day has just begun

Verse

A          [ A6  A ]
 A gal named Honey
D      [ D6  D ]
 Took my money
A              | D    D6 D |
 She was passing by
A                F#m7
 It’s soon after midnight
D        E           | A    A6 A | A A7 |
 And the moon is in my eye

Middle 8

D                     A
 My heart is cheerful, it’s never fearful
D                          | A    C#m/A Bm/A |
 I been down on the killing floors
D                      A
 I’m in no great hurry, I’m not afraid of your fury
D           A                   E
 I've faced stronger walls than yours

Verse

A             [ A6  A ]
 Charlotte’s a harlot
D          [ D6  D ]
 Dresses in scarlet
A               | D    C#m Bm |
 Mary dresses in green
A                F#m7
 It’s soon after midnight
D               E           | A    C#m/A Bm/A | E |
 And I’ve got a date with a fairy queen

Solo

| A | D | A | D E |
| A F#m7 | D E |
| A    C#m/A Bm/A | A A7 |

Middle 8

D                            A
 They chirp and they chatter, what does it matter
D                                   | A    C#m/A Bm/A |
 They’re lying there dying in their blood
D                A
 Two Timing Slim, who’s ever heard of him
D              A                | E    E6 E |
 I’ll drag his corpse through the mud

Verse

A
 It’s now or never
D
 More than ever
A                        D
 When I met you I didn’t think you would do
A                F#m7
 It’s soon after midnight
D            E      [ A ]
 And I don’t want nobody but you